Lot Essay
Cf. K. Berling, Meissen China (New York 1972), p.38 fig.60 for another version modelled by Kaendler.
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CIRCA 1736, MARKED TO THE BACK WITH SMALL UNDERGLAZE BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND K.H.C. FOR KÖNIGLICHE HOFKONDITOREI IN PURPLE
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A Meissen K.H.C. portrait figure of Augustus III dressed as a Roman emperor
Circa 1736, marked to the back with small underglaze blue crossed swords and K.H.C. for Königliche Hofkonditorei in purple
Gilt and painted in colours, possibly modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler as a standing elegant man with a laurel wreath in his long curly light brown hair, wearing; a long ermine-lined lilac cloak gilt-enhanced with flower sprays, a metal breast-plate, a yellow tunic, green breeches and red sandals, holding a sceptre in his right hand, on white base (restorations and chips to hands and one foot)
18.8cm. high
See illustration
Circa 1736, marked to the back with small underglaze blue crossed swords and K.H.C. for Königliche Hofkonditorei in purple
Gilt and painted in colours, possibly modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler as a standing elegant man with a laurel wreath in his long curly light brown hair, wearing; a long ermine-lined lilac cloak gilt-enhanced with flower sprays, a metal breast-plate, a yellow tunic, green breeches and red sandals, holding a sceptre in his right hand, on white base (restorations and chips to hands and one foot)
18.8cm. high
See illustration
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